LETTER: No ceiling in a free country

Published: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 6:48 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 6:49 p.m.

I was shocked at Mike Christian’s letter in Thursday’s Opinion section. He slammed Fox News Channel as right-wing propaganda and said Republicans are controlled by a 12 year-old’s mentality.

He failed to mention the current administration just threw billions into failed green companies like Solyndra, passed a health-care law that will push the U.S. further over the “fiscal cliff” and place taxes on small businesses, making it harder for them to survive and employ more people.

The reason this is even a tight race is that President Barack Obama has placed more dependents on entitlements, making it a must for those receiving welfare and food stamps to vote for him just so they can “roll-over” their entitlement dole.

Yes, I want an America where there are super-rich and successful people. It reminds me each day of what is attainable in this country if someone works hard, and that there is no ceiling for those living in a free country regardless of their race or gender (I offer Condi Rice, Hillary Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Oprah Winfrey and Bobby Jindal as examples).

Mr. Christian is the one who better be careful of what he wishes for. If Obama is re-elected, our country will become another Greece and the American way of life will be non-existent in 10 years.

Our Supreme Court will be chock full of ultra-liberals who will sanction federally funded abortions and tell us what we can drink (like New York City’s ban on 32-ounce soft drinks). They will remind us we cannot pray at public functions, tell us we cannot carry concealed weapons (California) and deny us proper medical treatment if an ObamaCare panel deems it so.

It’s good that Mr. Christian lives in a state that is predominately God-fearing in its morals and leans conservative in it’s work ethic, because Alabama will go Romney in the election and his sentiment will be washed away just as will be throughout the South. May I suggest he move to one of the liberal Yankee states up north or out west, so his way of thinking is realized through his vote.

<p>I was shocked at Mike Christian's letter in Thursday's Opinion section. He slammed Fox News Channel as right-wing propaganda and said Republicans are controlled by a 12 year-old's mentality.</p><p>He failed to mention the current administration just threw billions into failed green companies like Solyndra, passed a health-care law that will push the U.S. further over the “fiscal cliff” and place taxes on small businesses, making it harder for them to survive and employ more people.</p><p>The reason this is even a tight race is that President Barack Obama has placed more dependents on entitlements, making it a must for those receiving welfare and food stamps to vote for him just so they can “roll-over” their entitlement dole.</p><p>Yes, I want an America where there are super-rich and successful people. It reminds me each day of what is attainable in this country if someone works hard, and that there is no ceiling for those living in a free country regardless of their race or gender (I offer Condi Rice, Hillary Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Oprah Winfrey and Bobby Jindal as examples).</p><p>Mr. Christian is the one who better be careful of what he wishes for. If Obama is re-elected, our country will become another Greece and the American way of life will be non-existent in 10 years. </p><p>Our Supreme Court will be chock full of ultra-liberals who will sanction federally funded abortions and tell us what we can drink (like New York City's ban on 32-ounce soft drinks). They will remind us we cannot pray at public functions, tell us we cannot carry concealed weapons (California) and deny us proper medical treatment if an ObamaCare panel deems it so.</p><p>It's good that Mr. Christian lives in a state that is predominately God-fearing in its morals and leans conservative in it's work ethic, because Alabama will go Romney in the election and his sentiment will be washed away just as will be throughout the South. May I suggest he move to one of the liberal Yankee states up north or out west, so his way of thinking is realized through his vote.</p><p>Brent Boyd</p><p>Southside</p>